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Zachariah’s Acres celebrated the groundbreaking of Zachariah’s Acres Barn on Thursday while also celebrating progress made on Phase I-A of its capital campaign.

The number of nonprofit organizations in the Greater Milwaukee area has grown over the past two decades, but each now has a smaller piece of the revenue pie, according to a new report from the Milwaukee-based Public Policy Forum.

Taking the podium at SHARP Literacy, Inc.’s 2014 “A Novel Event” will be LeVar Burton, an Emmy Award-winning actor, producer, director and author who shares the nonprofit’s drive to engage urban children in reading.

Boston-based STAG Industrial recently purchased a 81,500-square-foot industrial building at 5150 S. Towne Dr., New Berlin, for $4,275,000, according to state records.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. reported second quarter net income of $3.6 million, or 8 cents per share, up 35 percent from $2.6 million, or 6 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Kenosha-based Snap-on Inc. today reported second quarter net earnings of $108.8 million, or $1.80 per share, up from $90.7 million, or $1.50 per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

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Marquette University’s College of Engineering dean, Robert Bishop, Ph.D., has resigned to become dean of the University of South Florida’s College of Engineering.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is preparing drivers for a full closure of Interstate 94 this weekend.

Concordia University Wisconsin invites southeastern Wisconsin to celebrate the remainder of summer at its inaugural Lake Moon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9.